Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-29
STOCK AND FARMING

Osborne County Journal: Osborne
county raised IN 1886, 1923, 200 bush
els of corn, or 1921 bushels to each
square mile. If this corn was loaded
into freight cars Of 500 bushels to the
car, it would require 1882 cars to hold
1t. Counting each car p feet long, it
would give us string of them eighteen
miles long; then counting thirty cars to
an engine, it will require ninety-six en-
gines to move the corn crop of this
county, this year. This was not a good
corn year, but from the above it does
not look like we would be compelled to
60 ''dOWn into Egypt to get corn.
Come to Osborne county and raise corn,
cattle and hogs, there is money in it.
Elk City Globe; John Lpple, an
honest and innocent farmer, and one
among the many who purchased a wind
mill OF some peddlers IN preference to
buying OF home merchants, now has
$3.50 worth of experience by buying
goods OF peddlers, over and above what
he thought the mill would cost. John
made us visit Tuesday and explained
! the circumstances and wished he had
acted on the advice the Globe gave to
| farmers, when those men first made their
! appearance. He said he had a wet elm
/ club behind his door, for the purpose Of
hurting the next peddler that came to his
place.
Winfield Courier: The farmers re-
port the winter so far, very good for the
wheat. Very little of It has been frozen
out, and from the present outlook, it
viii open with the spring in better con
ditiOn than for years. All Cowley wants
to flourish in 1887 as never before, is
good crops.
Marshall County Nea0s: The county
clerks office was the scene Of a rather
amusing discussion about scalps, few
days ago, which was as follows. A resi-
dent OF the county, who we viii for the
occasion call John Doe, walked into the
office and deposited scalp on the table
in front OF County Clerk Wright, with
the remark, what do you think Of
thRt?' well" said Wright, 'swhat is
itP' "What is it? why, it's a wild cat
scalp, of course" replied John. Wright
picked it up and examined it, turned it
over and over, looked wise and turning
to John, said, "You say that is a wild
cat scalp2" eyes, cir" says John. SIT
} remarked Wright This rather riled
John and he got right up on his dignity
and piercing Wright with a look of inter
contempt said, ''kIister, I've been
hunting them varmints up and down
these streams for the last twenty years,
and do you mean TO insinuate that ]
don't know a wild cat scalp from
wolf scalp. I tell yer it is a Wild at
scalp, and 1 don't want any man to dis
Puts it." "Well," said Wright, 81 won,
dispute your word but what are you
= going to do with it. mDO with til
why, I want the bounty on !" replied
John. Now was WEight's time to stand
back on his dignity, and he did so
and with the air OF a lord said, 'My
friend, we don't pay bounty on Wild cats
, here; only on wolves, rabbits and goph-
ers." This took Johns breath away
but recovering after a moment, he
. walked up to the table and picked W
that scalp and turned II over a few times
then said, ''Durn my skins if it dom
look like wolf scalp; guess III swear
that it is a wolf scalp" And he dit
and got the bounty.
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